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Boomers Back in School

Older adults filling the desks at colleges

Bob Melamud

I recently lunched with my oldest friend, whom I’ve known since the first grade. The meeting brought up many memories, mostly of high school and college. I enjoyed the learning, but those days were punctuated by the stress of succeeding so I could have a “good future” and the anxiety of paying for it.

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– by Bob Melamud – 1/16/20

Following in Dr. King’s Footsteps

Volunteer on MLK Day of Service to reap mental health rewards

Krista Pfunder

“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, what are you doing for others?” – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. While an extra Monday off work or school may feel like a chance to relax and veg out, Martin Luther King Jr. Day was actually put in place for you to follow his example—making it a day “on,” not a day off.

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– by Krista Pfunder – 1/16/20

Films with Purpose

Alliance festival invites you to be inspired by movies

Kathy Knotts

Instead of kicking back and watching Netflix on a cold January evening, the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay hopes to entice you out to Maryland Hall for an evening of movies at their second annual Wild and Scenic Film Festival.

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– by Kathy Knotts – 1/9/20

Health & Wellness Guide 2020

Winter Tips for Wellness from Meadow Hill Wellness Traditional Chinese medicine teaches that humans should live in harmony with the seasons. Traditional Chinese medicine says there are five seasons: winter, spring, summer, late summer and fall. Each season has many associations that help us change our habits, allowing for a more balanced mind and body.

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Farewells from Our Friends

Note that some were written before the good news of our sale to Chesapeake Bay Media.

Writers This week of giving thanks I’m especially grateful for the opportunity to have been a contributing writer for Bay Weekly. In the past two years, I have learned a lot about topics ranging from Frederick Douglass to Pocahontas, Tangier Island to Thomas Point Shoal Light, stream restorations to the Ghost Fleet of Mallows Bay.

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– by – 12/26/19

The Spirit of Christmas Is In Their Eyes

Three teenage friends playing Santa and his elves discover the joy of the season

Jim Reiter

What’s the first thing you look at when you see Santa? Sure, you take a quick glance at the outfit, the beard. But you’re drawn immediately to the eyes. You notice the joy, the special feeling that anyone assuming that role feels when eyes young and old are looking into his, children searching for the Spirit of Christmas, adults searching for their childhood.

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– by Jim Reiter – 12/19/19

The Pageants of Christmas

Clear your calendar for these holiday traditions and annual favorites

Kathy Knotts

You’ve got your copy of Season’s Bounty, so which of the hundreds of listings will you pick to attend? I’m offering you some help. This week, we highlight a dozen or so Christmas classics that check my boxes: accessibility, affordability, ambience and amazement. Keep an eye out for our reviews of several holiday theatre productions in upcoming issues. What: Lights on the Bay

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– by Kathy Knotts – 11/28/19

Appreciation: Thanksgiving for a Life

Mary Kilbourne: 1936-2019

Mollie King

Ask Mary Kilbourne’s friends and former students what they remember about her, you’ll hear about banding birds, seining a pond to find water scorpions, the latest Envirothon or leading Cub Scouts on a trek through the woods — and underlying it all her passion for wildlife, nature and the earth. She was a naturalist and an enthusiastic protector of local rivers and natural spaces, testifying against development of dwindling wooded spaces.

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– by Mollie King – 11/28/19

Sharing a Gullah Feast

Low Country cuisine in Chesapeake Country

Julie Wakeman-Linn

Thanksgiving is by tradition a gathering of people for a feast that shares their cultures. If you come from Daufuskie (say Daw-Fo-skee) Island, as Shady Sider Emily Bryant does, you’d be sharing Gullah culture in such Low Country dishes as Daufuskie deviled crabs and Gullah stew.

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– by Julie Wakeman-Linn – 11/14/19

Veteran’s Day Profile: Captain Emil Saroch Jr.

At 99 years, he’s made more history than he can remember

Richard Dykeman

It’s another gathering of the family to whom Emil Saroch has devoted his life since the death of his wife Patricia on Christmas Day 2004. They seem to get larger every year. It started with him and his wife. Then the four kids came, then their spouses, then eight grandkids and two great-grandkids over the years. Many midshipmen, as well, have found the Sarochs’ home a welcome port and respite during breaks from the rigorous regimen at school at the Naval Academy.

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– by Richard Dykeman – 11/7/19